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In “The Jewelry”, the reader experiences many emotions that are felt by the main character, M. Lantin. M. Lantin experienced love, joy, sorrow, and loneliness. The reader watches his personality change as the story goes on. The story starts out in a euphor ....

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.... that his wife has nor does he realize what a vital role that his wife plays in his well being. Without his wife he is not able to function properly. After his wife dies of pneumonia, he is caught up in despair and within one month his hair turns white (15). He becomes desperate and is on the verge of both a mental and financial breakdown. After leaving her things the way she had left them for some time, he finds himself penniless. He realizes that he could sell her “worthless” trinkets for six to eight francs a piece (20). He finds out that these trinkets were worth quite a large sum of money. He now knows his wife’s secret: the je ....